PineRidge
Super Member
Thought that some of the little garden tricks and secrets might be best shared with the TBN community. If you have a garden picture or tip on how to grow bigger veggies or save work doing it then why not post it here for all to see.
I'll post a picture of the garden after the sweet corn starts to come up. The first planting was just put in the ground today.
For all you pepper lovers here's a trick that we have successfully used here at the Pine Ridge 7 Ranch. Peppers regardless of variety, red, green. yellow, they all like hot weather, the hotter the better. So when we put our plants in the ground we cut black visqueen 12" in squares. We then put a slit in the middle so we can set it over the planted pepper plant. We use a bit of soil to hold down the plastic, this keeps the wind from picking up a corner and blowing it away. The black plastic absorbs more heat from the sun quickly warming the soil underneath, more-so than the surrounding area and as a result the peppers quickly respond. Also, an added side benefit is the fact that the plastic keeps the weeds down so you'll need to do much less weeding around the plants themselves.
I'll post a picture of the garden after the sweet corn starts to come up. The first planting was just put in the ground today.
For all you pepper lovers here's a trick that we have successfully used here at the Pine Ridge 7 Ranch. Peppers regardless of variety, red, green. yellow, they all like hot weather, the hotter the better. So when we put our plants in the ground we cut black visqueen 12" in squares. We then put a slit in the middle so we can set it over the planted pepper plant. We use a bit of soil to hold down the plastic, this keeps the wind from picking up a corner and blowing it away. The black plastic absorbs more heat from the sun quickly warming the soil underneath, more-so than the surrounding area and as a result the peppers quickly respond. Also, an added side benefit is the fact that the plastic keeps the weeds down so you'll need to do much less weeding around the plants themselves.
